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title: "10 U.S.C. § 496"
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description: "Consideration of expansion of nuclear forces of other countries"
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title_number: 10
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title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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chapter_number: "24"
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chapter_name: "NUCLEAR POSTURE"
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section: "496"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 496 - Consideration of expansion of nuclear forces of other countries
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## Text
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(a) Report and Certification.— Not later than 60 days before the President recommends any reductions to the nuclear forces of the United States—
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(1) the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing, for each country with nuclear weapons, the high-, medium-, and low- confidence assessment of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))) with respect to—
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(A) the number of each type of nuclear weapons possessed by such country;
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(B) the modernization plans for such weapons of such country;
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(C) the production capacity of nuclear warheads and strategic delivery systems (as defined in section 495(e)(2) of this title) of such country;
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(D) the nuclear doctrine of such country; and
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(E) the impact of such recommended reductions on the deterrence and extended deterrence capabilities of the United States; and
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(2) the Commander of the United States Strategic Command shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees whether such recommended reductions in the nuclear forces of the United States will—
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(A) impair the ability of the United States to address—
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(i) unplanned strategic or geopolitical events; or
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(ii) technical challenge; or
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(B) degrade the deterrence or assurance provided by the United States to friends and allies of the United States.
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(b) Form.— The reports required by subsection (a)(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.— In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the following:
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(1) The congressional defense committees.
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(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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(Added Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1036(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1924; amended Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, § 1071(c)(10), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3509.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2014—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted “(50 U.S.C. 3003(4))” for “(50 U.S.C. 401a(4))” in introductory provisions.
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